This year's list includes a DIY triumph from Beyoncé, ecstatic resurrection courtesy of Flying Lotus and Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West translated via emoji, Jenny Lewis' star-studded bro-down, and a hell of a lot of awesomely weird dancing.

On their third album, this Copenhagen band opens up its sound beyond brutal punk, incorporating bursts of ramshackle country and dramatic pop. Singer Elias Bender Rønnenfelt talks to Brandon Stosuy about mixing beauty and destruction.

The Danish punk act's succinct frontman, Elias Bender Rønnenfelt, talks to Jenn Pelly about being more than a clenched fist, signing with Matador, and what to expect from his band's forthcoming second album, You're Nothing.